There are about 3285 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Pakistan. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Low dose perioperative ketamine infusion and it's effect on postoperative pain score, sedation score and narcotic consumption in patients undergoing spine surgery: A prospective randomized double blind control trial.
Background: Increasing prevalence rates of developmental disorders (DDs) including Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and intellectual disability are a public health priority particularly in Low and Middle Income countries (LIMC) and are included in the World Health Organization (WHO) mhGAP program. However, existing mental health care facilities and resources are insufficient in most low resource settings to cater for this increasing demand. To address this situation, Caregiver Skills Training (CST) program for children with developmental disorders and delays has been developed by the WHO to bridge the treatment gap in low resource settings. Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the WHO CST program plus treatment as usual (TAU) vs. TAU to improve caregiver-child interaction in children with developmental disorders and delays, when implemented by non-specialist health care facilitators in a low-resource rural community settings of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Methods: A two arm, single blind individual randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be carried out with 160 caregiver-child dyads with development disorders and delays in community settings of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 160 caregiver-child dyads will be individually randomized on 1:1 allocation ratio into intervention (n=80) and control (n=80) arms. Participants in the intervention arm will receive 3-hours group training sessions of WHO CST program once every week for 9 weeks and 3 individual home sessions delivered via non-specialist health care facilitator over a duration of 3-months. The primary outcome is improvement in play-based caregiver-child interaction at 9-months post-intervention. The secondary outcomes are improvement in routine home-based caregiver-child interaction, child's social communication skills, adaptive behavior, emotional and behavioral problems and parental health related quality of life. The data on health services utilization will also be collected at 9-months post-intervention. Qualitative process evaluation with a sub-sample of study participants and trainers will be undertaken following the RCT. The study will be completed within an estimated period of 11-months. Discussion: Outcomes of the study will be the evidence on the effectiveness of WHO CST program to improve caregiver child interaction and improvement in social communication skills, adaptive behaviors of children with developmental disorders and delays in the low resource setting of Pakistan.
Current studies on the mechanism of subacromial impingement and other shoulder pathology reveal that multiple factors are responsible for impingement. These include serratus anterior dysfunction, rotator cuff insufficiency, posterior capsular tightness, acromioclavicular joint, thoracic spine stiffness and extensibility of the pectoralis minor and subclavius muscles. Manual intervention should therefore address these issues in conjunction with the other therapies. Novel interventions have been designed pilot tested for each of these factors to produce a healing environment. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of each individual factor and combination of all on the range of motion of shoulder joint in healthy subjects and subjects with a restricted range of motion of shoulder joint respectively. The subject will be allocated randomly into four groups with respect to objective 1 and each of the groups will be evaluated as a quasi-experiment design (pretest-posttest) for healthy each of 30 subjects. Beneficial intervention among the four trials and other previously reported beneficial in improving the shoulder joint range will be combined in and termed as pragmatic intervention protocols. Pragmatic interventions on subjects with the restricted range in shoulder pathology will be tested through a similar design. The effects of these interventions on the Quality of life measured through the Urdu version of Shoulder pain and disability in subjects with shoulder pathology will also be tested.
International registry to collect prospective treatment and outcomes data on specific, key non-pathological fractures in children with open physes. Data will be collected during follow-up visits according to standard of care at 3 to 8 weeks, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months
Investigators are reviewing the the charts and medical records of participants who were operated at our institute from 2010 onward for hip fractures. Checking their outcomes (Postoperative complications, length of hospital stay and mortality) and studying their background characteristics and potential associated factors.
Lidocaine is a drug that has multiple uses. One of these is that when intravenously administered it is effective in reducing post-operative pain. The aim of this study is to investigate the beneficial effects of intravenous lignocaine on reducing pain, nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Also, by this research, we are aiming to find a suitable alternative analgesic.
Introduction Adult living related donor hepatectomy is associated with pain due to the sub-costal j-shaped incision, rib retraction using Thompson retractor, and diaphragm irritation1. The incidence of severe pain after donor hepatectomy is 11 to 37%2. Therefore adequate analgesia is important for optimum perioperative safety profiles and speedy recovery. Poor pain management is associated with risk of atelectasis, respiratory failure, and delayed discharge from the hospital. so this study is comparison of two technique (Thoracic epidural analgesia vs Erector spinae plane block) to relieve pain.
Comparison Of Dexmedetomidine, Fentanyl And Lignocaine In Attenuation Of Hemodynamic Response To Direct Laryngoscopy And Intubation In Patient Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Glycemic Index is a system of classification of different foods with significant levels of carbohydrates based on how they affect blood glucose levels after being consumed. In this study we will compare glycemic index of different varieties
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), are reprogrammed from somatic cells that can self-renew indefinitely and produce different types of cells. They provide human model cell lines for orphan drug development. It is the goal of this study to define new cellular disease models for Inborn Erors of Metabolism, as enabling tools for both drug discovery and development.